Mario Andretti
Mario Andretti
Mario Gabriele Andrettiis an Italian American former racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR. He also won races in midget cars, and sprint cars. During his career, Andretti won the 1978 Formula One World Championship, four IndyCar titles, and IROC VI. To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth28 February 1940
CityMotovun, Croatia
CountryUnited States of America
I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
I've driven just about every kind of car there is.
If the Indy Racing League didn't have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.
Age doesn't affect driving - how do you like that?
At Indy, we are the NASA of the production-car world, and that's clearly why manufacturers are involved - it's such a good testbed.
Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.
My wife loves football, but I think she's resigned to the fact that I'll never make it there.
Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
Whatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will. My family shares this sentiment.
In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down. All of those things can happen - and then you give an interview two seconds later.
When you start thinking you may get hurt, it's time to get out of racing.
The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
I see all these old people who don't have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep. I will never say 'retired' because that's such a finality that I don't want to be part of my life. I'll work until they throw me in a box.